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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Installing without a boot disk can be done with a PXE installation. I've never done it (I'm still figuring out the kickstart part), but I know a few people that have done it and they say it works great.

Pretty much I put my ks.cfg file (I specified my NFS server in the ks.cfg file) on a floppy then do a 'linux ks=floppy' and then it does the work. However, to do this I also need to create a network driver disk. That's how I've been doing it lately.

Do you have to put your kickstart file in a folder called /kickstart and name it <IPADDRESS>-kickstart? I've seen that you're supposed to do this on several kickstart HOW-TOs (like here), but I'm starting to wonder if it even really matters as long as you specify it correctly on the installation command line. (Like I've seen here.) Can someone clarify this for me?

-jim

[EDIT] Oops hehe. I guess I answer my own question by reading down a bit further on the second link.

Originally posted by twantrd Pretty much I put my ks.cfg file (I specified my NFS server in the ks.cfg file) on a floppy then do a 'linux ks=floppy' and then it does the work. However, to do this I also need to create a network driver disk. That's how I've been doing it lately.

However, I don't want to use floppies anymore.

-twantrd

Is it possible for you to use PXE installation? It's pretty easy to setup.

btw when you say that you have exported root, do you mean / or /root? Can you mount that directory using some other computer?

then my /install/tftpboot directory has pxelinux.0 file and directories :kickstarts (here I keep all kickstartfiles for all servers)msgs (here is the menu file that is displayed when I boot some server from network, it displays all different Linux versions I can install (and a couple for diskless booting)OS (here are vmlinuz(s) & initrd(s))pxelinux.cfg (here is one file, default)